The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission (TFWC) will hold its April meeting in Henry County at the Holly Fork Shooting Complex located near Paris. Committee meetings will start at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, while the regular commission meeting is Friday, April 26 at 9 a.m. The meeting will be the first with Kurt Holbert (Decaturville) serving as TFWC chair. Other ... (click for more)

A public forum will be held Thursday with GreenPlay, LLC a national parks, recreation and open space consultant, to assist with developing the Hamilton County Parks and Recreation Master Plan. The master plan will look at existing parks, recreational facilities, programs and services and determine the current and future levels of services for the community based on public input. ... (click for more)

Police have arrested a gang member on gun charges after tying him to a car used in several recent robberies. Thomas Dewayne Sales, 21, of 1705 Wilcox Blvd., was charged with two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm as well as marijuana possession. An officer said on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. he was passing by 1705 Wilcox when he saw a white Nissan Sentra with tinted ... (click for more)

The Dalton Police Department is seeking help from the public to identify two men who broke into three vehicles parked at the Planet Fitness gym on Walnut Avenue. There have been several car break-ins in this parking lot over the past year because people using the gym often leave valuables inside of their cars instead of taking them inside. The suspects in these three break-ins ... (click for more)

The town of Walden has a population of 2,118 people. What do those citizens need with a 49,000 square foot grocery store? Or with 10,000 square feet of commercial office space? Or a fuel island? Or increased tractor trailer traffic with proportional damage to the road up and down the mountain? Or multiple traffic lights at the “W” Road intersection and at Timesville Road? When ... (click for more)

One of the hardest things a lot of people face is one of the easiest. Every so often someone will ask me about my faith and, while I mention it occasionally in a story, I never want to force my spirituality on anyone. But for some people, just the thought of asking God for forgiveness and His gift of eternal life is scary and it shouldn’t be. It costs nothing yet is priceless. And, ... (click for more)